Floating Immortal Order

Chapter 227: Green Jade Light Cicada

Perhaps the plateau in the might of Soul Song’s techniques had something to do with the destruction of the Soul Vessel. Thus, Xu Disheng wanted to refine another Soul Vessel. He took the Psychic Magic Treasure, the Painted Heart Paper Doll, from the secret warehouse of Cloud Abyss Peak, and used it as the base for a new Soul Vessel. After placing a consciousness into it, he spent day and night nourishing it. 𝒃𝙚𝙙𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡．𝙘𝙤𝙢

In the command jade slip that Primordial Lord Yangze passed down, he not only allowed Xu Disheng to make a trip to the Ten Thousand Ghosts Mountain in the Quicksand Earth Territory, but had also informed him that he had already nominated him for the approaching Shan Mountain Congregation, and to make preparations accordingly.

There were quite a few paradises and celestial lands with ancient inheritances in the eastern region of the Human Realm. This congregation, which included participants across the entire eastern region, was for discussing Dao and took place in a celestial land known as the Jade Lake Spiritual World.

The force behind the Jade Lake Spiritual World wasn’t a sect, strictly speaking, but it was an ancient organization with a long history. It was similar to the organization behind the Spiritual World protecting Buzhou Mountain, with traditions and inheritances that stemmed from the dim and distant past.

Even the strongest sect in the eastern region of the Human Realm, the Heavenly Nirvana Sect, had a deep-seated apprehension toward the Jade Lake Spiritual World.

There were rumors that the Jade Lake Spiritual World was founded by a force that came from the Heavenly Court a long time ago in the distant past, with the aim of selecting beings that had promise of becoming Divine Sea stage experts and convincing them to join their ranks.

Despite all the hearsay, the Jade Lake Spiritual World’s Dao Congregation had never been canceled or stopped before throughout history.

The Shan Mountain Congregation, however, was just one infinitesimally small branch congregation.

The Ten Thousand Ghosts Mountain that was mentioned in Primordial Lord Yangze’s command jade slip was located in the Quicksand Earth Territory, bordering the Shan Mountain Territory. It was near the center of the territory, where there were not only many large demon sects and paradises, but also many ghosts and monsters. Overall, it was an extremely chaotic area.

For the sake of this trip to the Quicksand Earth Territory, Xu Disheng had spent well over 10,000 spirit stones to acquire the Primordial Canon of Supreme Mystery and the spells it contained.

The Primordial Canon of Supreme Mystery was capable of not only hiding his human race aura, but it also allowed the user to change Shangqing profound qi into other forms of energy like demonic qi, ghost qi, and devil qi. However, the requirements for practicing this cultivation method were stringent, requiring considerable powers of comprehension. Ordinary disciples had no way of practicing this cultivation method.

In order to convert one’s energy into a certain type, the user had to have an understanding of the corresponding cultivation methods or techniques. Aside from the human race cultivation methods that Xu Disheng practiced, he had the life-accompanying cultivation method, Soul Song, which could be considered as part of the Ghost Dao and the Soul Dao. In cultivating the Primordial Canon of Supreme Mystery, Xu Disheng could only rely on the soul-suppressing Evil Spirit skull to convert his profound qi to ghost qi.

While this cultivation method was indeed profound, Xu Disheng could only hide his identity from cultivators at the early Divine Core stage and lower, due to his own early Dao Foundation stage cultivation base. Even an early Divine Core stage cultivator might be able to see through the guise of the Primordial Canon of Supreme Mystery with some careful examination. After all, this technique only changed the energy flowing through one’s meridians from Shangqing profound qi to ghost qi. It wasn’t possible to change the profound law foundation in one’s Jianggong acupoint.

“Deacon Bai Zhehua requests an audience with Soul Suppressor Sacred Son.”

He Ziming’s resonant voice rang out from outside Profound Resonance Hall. Xu Disheng put away the jade slips on the desk before saying, “Let him in.”

Bai Zhehua strode quickly into the hall, a look of hatred and anger on his face. As soon as he caught sight of Xu Disheng, he bowed respectfully. “Soul Suppressor Sacred Son,” he greeted.

“What makes you so anxious and in a hurry?” Xu Disheng asked, looking down with a calm, profound gaze at Bai Zhehua. The glow from the Golden Moon Garment intensified as he stood up.

“Quan Hongyu, He Qiwen, Li Zhao, and their lot brought several female disciples from Cloud Abyss Peak and some Sea of Qi stage maids to their courtyard to engage in dirty acts. They’re utterly despicable!”

Bai Zhehua continued, his anger still unappeased. “I tried to reprimand them and stop them, but they instead just taunted me and humiliated me. The cultivation bases of Zhang Haobo and I, along with the few other disciples, were insufficient. We weren’t their opponents, and they just shooed us away!”

Although Bai Zhehua was now a Deacon, he was still at the peak Sea of Qi stage in terms of cultivation. He had no way of intimidating Quan Hongyu and his group into submission.

Quan Hongyu, He Qiwen, and their lot had volunteered to follow Soul Suppressor Sacred Son to the Anxi Province, where they were stationed for 10 years. They earned quite a bit of contribution and recognition for this, but after they came back, they became even more rampant. They often mingled with sleazy female disciples of the Peak, and they even showed complete disregard for Deacon Bai Zhehua.

Xu Disheng shook his head. “There are both good and bad disciples abound in this Peak. In the first place, they were all recruited for the sake of meeting the sect’s quota. It isn’t that surprising for such a ridiculous situation to occur eventually.”

Bai Zhehua was clearly dissatisfied with Xu Disheng’s words, but he didn’t dare to openly defy Soul Suppressor Sacred Son. He could only grit his teeth and reply, “Then we do nothing about it?”

As if he was astonished at Bai Zhehua’s stupidity, Xu Disheng examined him closer and said, “You are now a genuine Deacon of Cloud Abyss Peak. If the ordinary disciples and intermediary disciples of Cloud Abyss Peak refuse to listen to your command, all you need to do is suppress them and arrest them, then send them to Disciplinary Hall to discuss their wrongdoings.”

“But I… I don’t stand a chance against them.”

“As a Deacon, you have access to tens of times more cultivation resources than the ordinary and intermediary disciples. Why would you be unable to face them in a fight?” Xu Disheng responded.

After these words echoed in Bai Zhehua’s ears, Xu Disheng didn’t look at him anymore. He strode right out of Profound Resonance Hall and stopped by Profound Resonance Pond, where he collected several clear spirit lotuses. Upon putting them away, he summoned the suanni spiritual beast, then tore through space and left.

… …

The Quicksand Earth Territory, which bordered the banks of the Luo River, was adjacent to the Anxi Province. Violent waves surged in the Luo River all year long, forming a sturdy barrier between the Shan Mountain Territory and the Quicksand Earth Territory.

At the very center of the Quicksand Earth Territory was the vast, seemingly boundless Quicksand Sea. It was at this point that the Luo River and its tributaries converged, flowing to an end.

Several streaks of extremely powerful profound light shot up out of the surface of the Quicksand Sea. The originally calm waters were sent surging up into waves dozens of meters tall. Monster power spells collided from time to time above the surface, exploding out with deafening potency.

One was an extremely beautiful woman in a white dress, whose expression was colored with anxiety. In her hand was an orb of jade green profound light, and she cut a rather sorry figure as she fled over the surface of the sea.

Behind her were several men in scale armor, in hot pursuit. They were all Transformation stage monsters, and would occasionally fire monster spells at the white-dressed woman as they gave chase. She would have to dodge left and right to evade them, which gradually allowed the men to catch up.

“Luo Xue, hand over the Green Jade Light Cicada and we’ll spare your life,” the black-armored man in the lead said, his expression cold and serious. His voice resounded in the woman’s ears, but she turned a deaf ear.

The woman in the white dress gritted her teeth and took out several precious pills, which she ate in rapid succession. After casting a secret technique, she suddenly accelerated. The men watched as the distance between them quickly grew, and it seemed that in the next instant, she would disappear off into the horizon and they would lose track of her.

Further up ahead, a handsome youth in a gold and white robe was standing there in the air above the Quicksand Sea. The look in his eyes was cold as he watched the scene taking place.

The moment Luo Xue caught sight of him, her face lit up. She shifted her direction slightly, heading for the youth’s location with the fastest speed she could muster. As she flew rapidly along, she called out and tried to plead with him. “Good-looking sir, please, as a fellow human, would you be so kind as to help this woman hold off a few monsters?”

The youth remained silent, but his gaze paused for a moment when it landed on the Green Jade Light Cicada.